Garment-supporter.



No. 760,476. PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

H. N. NORTHROP.

GARMENT SUPPORTER. urmonron TILED 001.1, 1902.

UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

HERBERT N. NORTHROP, OF SOMEBVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.760,476, dated May 24, 1904.

Application filed October 1, 1902. Serial No. 125,570. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT N. NORTHROP,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inGarment-Supporters, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying-drawings, isa specification, like characters onthe drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to garment-supporters, and has for its object toimprove the device illustrated in my Patent No. 702,816,

granted June 17, 1902. In said patent is illustrated a device primarilydesigned for securing the so-called pointed waist-line, said devicecomprising a plate or body terminating at one end in a hook and having apin secured to the back side thereof, the pin being employed to fastenthe device in position on the corset or undergarment and the hookextending over the waistband of the skirt and operating to give it thedesired pointed effect.

My present invention consists in providing the hooked portion of thedevice or any other device which is used for a similar purpose withsuitable means for engaging the outside belt of whatever material andgiving to it the desired V shape or pointed effect.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedgarment-supporter, showing the manner in which it is used, parts of thegarment being broken out to better show the construction. Fig. 2 is asectionof the device on the line a: m, Fig. 3, the device being shown inoperative position, and the waist, corset, or other undergarment,underskirt, and skirt of the wearer being shown in section. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the device with a part thereof removed to better showthe construction. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a modifiedconstruction, and Fig. 5 shows a modification.

The device as a whole comprises the plate or body portion A, whichterminates at one end in the hook B and has a pin or other fasteningmeans C secured to the back thereof, these parts being substantially asshown in said patent.

My improvement consists in extending the hooked portion B, as shown at3, to form with the plate or body A a substantially U-shaped member, andin providing the arm 3 of said U-shaped member with belt-engaging means,herein shown as prongs or spurs 4C, situated on'the outside of said arm.I will also preferably secure to the portion 3 an ornamental device 5 inthe nature of a buckle or button which serves to cover the belt-engagingmeans. This ornamental device 5 is preferably hinged to the extension 3,as at 6, whereby it may be swung down into open position, as shown inFig. 1, while the belt is being applied.

In using the device the pin or other securing means C is engaged withthe corset I) or other undergarment, the underskirt E, and the waist Fall as in said patent, and if a tape 7 is used it is threaded throughthe apertures 8 in the plate A and is passed around the waist of thewearer. The waistband G of the skirt is then slipped under the hook B,and the outer belt H, which may be a ribbon belt or any other style ofbelt, is applied over the dress skirt waistband, the said belt beingsecured to the projections 4, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. During thisoperation the ornamental device 5 is opened, as shown in Fig. 1; butafter the belt H has been secured to the prongs the said device will beswung into its closed position, as shown in Fig. ,2, to thereby coverthe belt-engaging means and act as a finish.

Various ways may be employed for holding the buckle or ornamental device5 in its closed position, and in Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated aspring 10, which is coiled about the pivot and is connected at its endsto the portion 3 and the ornamental device 5, respectively, and whichtends normally to hold the device closed.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a friction device for accomplishing this,the said ornamental device 5 having a resilient lip 11, which by itsfrictional engagement with the neck of the hook B serves to hold thebuckle or device 5 in closed position.

In Fig. 5 I have shown still a different way of maintainingtheornamental device closed. In this construction the said ornamentaldevice is hinged to the arm 3 in the same manner as the pin C is hingedto the plate A in said Patent No. 702,816-that is, the lower end of thearm 3 is split, and the device 5 has a stem 14, provided with a bentportion 15, which passes through and is hinged in an eye 16 on one ofthe parts of the split arm 3. The end of the stem is bent to engage theother part of the arm, by means of which construction the device 5 isheld either in open or closed position by the resiliency of the splitend of the arm 3.

While I have herein shown this improvementas applied to the form ofgarment-supporter illustrated in my Patent N 0. 702,816, it will beobvious that it may be applied to other forms of garment-supporterswhich have for their object the production of the pointed waist-line,and therefore the particular form of the plate A or of the securingmeans C is not essential to my invention. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-supporter comprising a nshaped member, means carried by onearm of said member to secure the latter to a garment with the arms ofthe n-shaped member directed downwardly, and belt-engaging fingers onthe outer face of the other arm, the space between said armsconstituting a downwardlyopening skirt-waistband-receiving mouth.

2. A garment-supporter, comprising a nshaped member, a pin carried byone arm of said member to secure the latter to a garment with the armsof said member directed downwardly, belt-engaging means on the outerface of the other arm, and an ornament hinged to the lower end of saidlatter arm, said space between the arms constituting a downwardlyopeningskirt-waistband-receiving mouth.

3. A garment-supporter comprising a U- shaped member, a pin carried byone arm of said member to secure the device to a garment with the armsof the U-shaped member directed downwardly, and belt-engaging means onthe outer face of the other arm, the space between the arms constitutinga downwardlyopening skirt-waistband-receiving mouth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT N. NORTHROP.

Witnesses:

LOUIS 0. SMITH, GEO. W; GREGORY.

